Full Text of HR0594 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The 32nd Representative District ranks in the top | 3 | | 3 of Representative Districts reporting incidents of violent | 4 | | crimes; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The boundaries of the 32nd Representative | 6 | | District are generally in the inner city of Chicago spanning to | 7 | | the southwest suburbs of Burbank, Bridgeview, Hickory Hills, | 8 | | and Justice, Illinois; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Police Department statistics indicate | 10 | | that portions of the city, within the 32nd Representative | 11 | | District, including the Chicago Police Department 7th | 12 | | District's Englewood community and 3rd District's Park Manor | 13 | | neighborhood, are some of the most violent communities in the | 14 | | City of Chicago; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, From January through September 22, 2013 within the | 16 | | Englewood community there have been 33 murders and 24 murders | 17 | | surrounding the Park Manor neighborhood according to the | 18 | | Chicago Police Department's crime portal; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Residents of the 32nd Representative District of | 20 | | the State of Illinois have petitioned to have the State of | 21 | | Illinois enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement |
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| 1 | | with the City of Chicago to deploy the Illinois Department of | 2 | | State Police to patrol certain boundaries of the 32nd | 3 | | Representative District of the State of Illinois, for a | 4 | | reasonable period of time; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, There are over 600 signatories to the petition who | 6 | | are all registered voters in the 32nd District within those | 7 | | boundaries; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Section 16 of the State Police Act (20 ILCS | 9 | | 2610/16) gives officers of the Department of State Police | 10 | | statewide jurisdiction, consequently, Illinois State Police | 11 | | officers can enforce the laws of the State of Illinois anywhere | 12 | | within its boundaries in cooperation with local officers; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The City of Chicago is willing and authorized to | 14 | | make an official request for assistance to the Department of | 15 | | State Police, through an Intergovernmental Cooperative | 16 | | Agreement, to have Illinois State Police Officers patrol areas | 17 | | within the 32nd Representative District; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Subsection (c) of Section 10 of Article VII of the | 19 | | Constitution of the State of Illinois dealing with Local | 20 | | Government and Intergovernmental Cooperation states that "The | 21 | | State shall encourage intergovernmental cooperation and use | 22 | | its technical and financial resources to assist |
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| 1 | | intergovernmental activities"; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Police have been patrolling | 3 | | expressways in Chicago for over 25 years, under a November 1985 | 4 | | Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement entered into by | 5 | | Governor James Thompson and Mayor Harold Washington; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement | 7 | | allows the State to sell State Lottery tickets at 6 designated | 8 | | kiosks at Chicago O'Hare International Airport and | 9 | | subsequently at Midway International Airport, in exchange for | 10 | | State Police patrolling expressways in the city, including the | 11 | | Dan Ryan Expressway, at no additional cost to the City or | 12 | | State; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway is that portion of I-94 | 14 | | located in the City of Chicago spanning from 95th Street to | 15 | | Roosevelt Road; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway travels through the 32nd | 17 | | District one linear mile from 67th Street to 76th Street; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Within the 32nd Representative District lies | 19 | | Halsted Street one mile west of the Dan Ryan Expressway and | 20 | | Cottage Grove Avenue one mile east of the Dan Ryan Expressway; | 21 | | which encompasses the community of Englewood and Park Manor |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Consistent with the 1985 Intergovernmental | 3 | | Cooperative Agreement, the State of Illinois has generated | 4 | | $4,939,990 in Fiscal Year 2013 from lottery sales at Chicago | 5 | | O'Hare International Airport and $696,776 in Fiscal Year 2013 | 6 | | from lottery sales at Midway International Airport; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has generated additional | 8 | | monies for fines imposed on drivers operating along Chicago | 9 | | expressways; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois receives monies by the | 11 | | imposition of fines and penalties for those improperly | 12 | | operating motor vehicles on the Dan Ryan Expressway between | 13 | | 67th Street and 76th Street; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois derives financial profits | 15 | | directly from the Illinois Lottery kiosks located at O'Hare and | 16 | | Midway Airports; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Lottery is managed by Northstar | 18 | | Lottery Group which exponentially surpassed the past years | 19 | | goals of the Illinois Lottery, thereby deriving substantial | 20 | | profits for the Illinois State Lottery; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, It will not be a financial burden on the State of | 2 | | Illinois for the Illinois State Police to expand its patrol | 3 | | area, solely from the Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street | 4 | | and 76th Street one linear mile east and one linear mile west, | 5 | | to support efforts at combating violent crime in the State of | 6 | | Illinois; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Over 600 registered voters within the 2 mile | 8 | | rectangular radius of the Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th | 9 | | Street and 76th Street have signed a petition imploring the | 10 | | Governor of the State of Illinois to dispatch the Illinois | 11 | | State Police to that specific area within the 32nd | 12 | | Representative District; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Over 600 residents of the 32nd District have | 14 | | stated that they are in immediate need of assistance and relief | 15 | | in the efforts to combat violent crime in the State of | 16 | | Illinois; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, It is necessary and appropriate for the City of | 18 | | Chicago to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperative | 19 | | Agreement with the State of Illinois to deploy Illinois State | 20 | | Police inwards from the Chicago expressways for approximately | 21 | | one linear mile between 67th and 76th streets to Halsted Avenue | 22 | | to the West and Cottage Grove Avenue to the East, for the | 23 | | health, safety, and welfare of its residents; therefore, be it |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we urge the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois to enter | 4 | | into an Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement to deploy | 5 | | Illinois State Police inwards from the Chicago expressways for | 6 | | approximately one linear mile between 67th and 76th streets to | 7 | | Halsted Avenue to the West and Cottage Grove Avenue to the | 8 | | East, for the health, safety, and welfare of its residents; and | 9 | | be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 11 | | forwarded to the Director of State Police and the Mayor of the | 12 | | City of Chicago.
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